专业术语英译汉affine 仿射band 波段cartography 制图学clip 剪切digitizer 数字化仪DLG 数字线划图dpi 每英寸点数edgematching 边沿匹配equator 赤道equiarea 等积geoid 大地水准面geospatial 地理空间GPS 全球定位系统Habitat 栖息地Interface 接口Item 项目Latitude 纬度legend 图例longitude 经度median 中值meridian 子午线metadata 元数据neatline 图廓线Object-Based 基于对象的parcel 宗地photogrammetry 照相测量precipitation 降水量range 范畴raster 栅格resample 重采样resolution 辨别率RMS 均方根scanner 扫描仪siting 选址TIGER 拓扑统一地理编码topology 拓扑tuple 数组 UTM 通用横轴墨卡托投影vector 矢量专业术语汉译英保护区 protected area比例尺 Scale bar原则差 Standard deviation原则图幅 Standard picture frame单精度 Single precision地理空间数据 Geospatial data点缓冲区 Point buffer动态分段 Dynamic segmentation度量原则 Metrics多项式变换 Polynomial transformation高程基准 Elevation base跟踪算法 Tracking algorithm规则格网 Rules grid过渡带 Transition zone基于位置服务 Based on location service畸形线 Malformation line几何变换 Geometric transformation检查图 Inspection chart解析几何 Analytic geometry空间要素 Space element平面坐标系统 Planar coordinate system曲流河 Meandering river人口普查地段 Census Lot上四分位数 The upper quartile矢量数据模型 Vector data model数据可视化 data visualization数据探查 Data exploration双精度 Double precision水文要素 Hydrological elements泰森多边型 Tyson Polygons统一建模语言 Unified Modeling Language投影坐标系统 Projection coordinate system线缓冲区 Line buffer遥感数据 Remote sensing data用材林 Timber forest晕渲法 Halo rendering method指北针 Compass属性表 Property sheet最短途径分析 Shortest path analysis最小二乘法 Least squares method翻译例子如下。
1.A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system for capturing, storing, querying, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced data.1.地理信息系统（GIS）是用于捕获，存储，查询，分析和显示地理参照数据的计算机系统2.A newly digitized map has the same measurement unit as the source map used in digitizing or scanning. If manually digitized, the map is measured in inches, same as the digitizing table.2.新数字化地图与数字化或扫描中使用的源地图具有相似的测量单位如果手动数字化，地图以英寸为单位进行测量，与数字化表格相似3.Although ideal for discrete features with well defined location and ,shapes, the vector data model does not work well with spatial phenomena that vary continuously over the space such as precipitation, elevation, and soil erosion.3.对于具有明确位置和形状的离散特性，尽管抱负，矢量数据模型不能较好地解决在空间持续变化的空间现象，如降水，海拔和土壤侵蚀。
4.But the migration from the georelational to the object-based data model should be relatively easy because it is intuitive to think of spatial features as objects.4.从基本数据到基于对象的数据模型的迁移应当相对容易，由于将空间要素视为对象是直观的5.New GIS data can be created from a variety of data sources. They include satellite images, field data, street addresses, text files with x and y coordinates, and paper maps.5.可以从多种数据源创立新的GIS数据它们涉及卫星图像，现场数据，街道地址，带有x和y坐标的文本文献以及纸质地图6.Projection converts data sets from geographic coordinates to projected coordinates, and reprojection converts from one type of projected coordinates to another type.6.投影将数据集从地理坐标转换为投影坐标，再投影从一种类型的投影坐标转换为另一种类型。
7.Spatial data editing refers to the process of adding, deleting, and modifying features in digital layers. A major part of spatial data editing is to remove digitizing errors.7.空间数据编辑是指在数字图层中添加，删除和修改特性的过程空间数据编辑的重要部分是删除数字化错误8.The georelational data model stores spatial and attribute data separately in a split system: spatial data in graphic files and attribute data in a relational database.8.地理数据模型将空间数据和属性数据分别存储在分割系统中：图形文献中的空间数据和关系数据库中的属性数据用英文回答问题，练习每章背面的问答题例子如下：1．Describe the two common types of data for terrain mapping and analysis.1.Two important types of field data that can be used in a GIS project are survey data and global positioning systme (GPS) data.2．Describe three variations in buffering.2.The buffer distance can vary by the values of a given field. Buffering can be on either the left side or the right side of the line feature, instead of both sides. Buffer zones may remain intact so that each buffer zoneis separate from others, or dissol。